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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Carroll County

Index to Locations Carrollton Courthouse Grounds Carrollton Oak Hill Cemetery Carrollton St. Mary's Cemetery Norborne Fairhaven Cemetery Courthouse Grounds Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri Politicians who have (or had) monuments here:   James Shields (1806-1879) — of Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill.; Belleville, St. Clair County, Ill.; Rice County, Minn.; San Francisco, Calif.; Carrollton, Carroll County, Mo. Born in Altmore, County Tyrone, Ireland (now Northern Ireland), May 10, 1806. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1836; member of Illinois Democratic State Committee, 1839-41; Illinois state auditor of public accounts, 1841-43; in 1842, when the Springfield paper published letters from "Aunt Becca" ridiculing him, Shields demanded to know who wrote them; Abraham Lincoln (then a Springfield lawyer) acknowledged responsibility, and Shields challenged him to a duel, which was averted only through the intervention of friends; justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1843-45; Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1845-47; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1849, 1849-55; U.S. Senator from Minnesota, 1858-59; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for U.S. Representative from Missouri, 1868; member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1874, 1879; U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1879. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died in Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa, June 1, 1879 (age 73 years, 22 days). Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery; statue at Courthouse Grounds; statue at State Capitol Grounds, St. Paul, Minn.   Relatives: Nephew of James Shields (1762-1831).   The community of Shieldsville, Minnesota (which he founded), is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS James Shields (built 1943 at Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California; scrapped 1971) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial Oak Hill Cemetery Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   Ralph Fulton Lozier (1866-1945) — also known as Ralph F. Lozier — of Carrollton, Carroll County, Mo. Born near Hardin, Ray County, Mo., January 28, 1866. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Missouri, 1923-35 (2nd District 1923-33, at-large 1933-35); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928; state court judge in Missouri, 1936. Died in St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., May 28, 1945 (age 79 years, 120 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Father of Lue C. Lozier.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Franklin Ely Atwood (1878-1943) — also known as Frank Ely Atwood — of Carrollton, Carroll County, Mo.; Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo. Born in Carrollton, Carroll County, Mo., October 5, 1878. Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Carrollton, Mo., 1914-15; Carroll County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-19; delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention 8th District, 1922-23; justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1925-35; defeated, 1940; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1936. Baptist. Member, American Bar Association; Order of the Coif; American Judicature Society; Freemasons; Phi Gamma Delta; Phi Delta Phi. Died, from coronary thrombosis, in Atwood Hospital, Carrollton, Carroll County, Mo., March 5, 1943 (age 64 years, 151 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Jacob Smith Atwood and Nancy (Goodson) Atwood; married, October 22, 1908, to Agnes Rea Luscombe.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Arnold Shanklin (1866-1946) — of St. Louis, Mo. Born in Carrollton, Carroll County, Mo., January 29, 1866. Lawyer; U.S. Consul General in Panama, 1905-09; Mexico City, 1909-14. Died in St. Louis, Mo., December 29, 1946 (age 80 years, 334 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Wesley Dunscombe Shanklin and Locke Ann (Arnold) Shanklin.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   John Blackwell Hale (1831-1905) — also known as John B. Hale — of Missouri. Born in Brooke County, Va. (part now in Hancock County, W.Va.), February 27, 1831. Democrat. Member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1856-58; candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention 5th District, 1875; U.S. Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1885-87; defeated (Independent Democratic), 1886. Died in Carrollton, Carroll County, Mo., February 1, 1905 (age 73 years, 340 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   William Rock Painter (1863-1947) — also known as William R. Painter — of Carrollton, Carroll County, Mo. Born in Carrollton, Carroll County, Mo., August 27, 1863. Democrat. Civil engineer; printing business; chair of Carroll County Democratic Party, 1903; Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, 1913-17; member of Missouri state senate 8th District, 1923-30. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks. Died, from a myocardial infarction, in Carrollton, Carroll County, Mo., July 1, 1947 (age 83 years, 308 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Lee Painter and Sallie Ann (Rock) Painter; married to Cora Herndon.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial St. Mary's Cemetery Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   James Shields (1806-1879) — of Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill.; Belleville, St. Clair County, Ill.; Rice County, Minn.; San Francisco, Calif.; Carrollton, Carroll County, Mo. Born in Altmore, County Tyrone, Ireland (now Northern Ireland), May 10, 1806. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1836; member of Illinois Democratic State Committee, 1839-41; Illinois state auditor of public accounts, 1841-43; in 1842, when the Springfield paper published letters from "Aunt Becca" ridiculing him, Shields demanded to know who wrote them; Abraham Lincoln (then a Springfield lawyer) acknowledged responsibility, and Shields challenged him to a duel, which was averted only through the intervention of friends; justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1843-45; Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1845-47; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1849, 1849-55; U.S. Senator from Minnesota, 1858-59; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for U.S. Representative from Missouri, 1868; member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1874, 1879; U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1879. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died in Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa, June 1, 1879 (age 73 years, 22 days). Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery; statue at Courthouse Grounds; statue at State Capitol Grounds, St. Paul, Minn.   Relatives: Nephew of James Shields (1762-1831).   The community of Shieldsville, Minnesota (which he founded), is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS James Shields (built 1943 at Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California; scrapped 1971) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial Fairhaven Cemetery Norborne, Carroll County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   George Dana Viles (1853-1935) — also known as George D. Viles — of Norborne, Carroll County, Mo. Born in State Center, Marshall County, Iowa, May 29, 1853. Republican. Banker; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1908; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Carroll County, 1917-20; defeated, 1924. Died in Norborne, Carroll County, Mo., May 11, 1935 (age 81 years, 347 days). Interment at Fairhaven Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Alvah H. Viles and Charlotte E. Viles; married, February 22, 1882, to Helen Laura Golder.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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